£3million for pot hole repairs across Essex

It is part of £16million set aside by the Department for Transport for the East of England, which is to be used to fix roads damaged by severe weather across the country following the wettest winter on record.

In total, Essex County Council will get £2,700,386, with Southend set for £273,418 and Thurrock £211,468.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: “Damage to roads causes misery for drivers and local communities and the severe weather over the last few months has made the problem worse.

“This extra money will help make a real difference to the millions of road users and residents across the east of England who rely on local roads, giving them safer and smoother journeys.”

The three councils already have a budget to maintain road, excluding major roads, such as the A12, which is maintained by the Highways Agency.

Each authority will have to publish information on how the money has been spent by the end of August 2014.

Separately, Chancellor George Osborne announced in Wednesday’s budget he would ring-fence £168million to tackle potholes on England’s roads.

Comments

Nebs
5:00pm Thu 20 Mar 14

Get small local firms to do the jobs, or employ a couple of blokes and buy them a van and let them do it. If you give the money to a big company then half of it will get swallowed up in admin and shareholders dividends.

Get small local firms to do the jobs, or employ a couple of blokes and buy them a van and let them do it. If you give the money to a big company then half of it will get swallowed up in admin and shareholders dividends.Nebs

Get small local firms to do the jobs, or employ a couple of blokes and buy them a van and let them do it. If you give the money to a big company then half of it will get swallowed up in admin and shareholders dividends.

Score: 27

Howard Cháse
5:03pm Thu 20 Mar 14

That's about a quid per pothole then.....

That's about a quid per pothole then.....Howard Cháse

That's about a quid per pothole then.....

Score: 12

hughie-s
5:04pm Thu 20 Mar 14

That will be £2m for Chelmsford and £0.7m to be shared around the other Districts then.

That will be £2m for Chelmsford and £0.7m to be shared around the other Districts then.hughie-s

That will be £2m for Chelmsford and £0.7m to be shared around the other Districts then.

Score: 17

mbr1955
5:53pm Thu 20 Mar 14

Lets hope whoever is employed to repair the potholes do the job properly.!!!! All the potholes that were repaired on our main road last year need repairing again already.

Lets hope whoever is employed to repair the potholes do the job properly.!!!! All the potholes that were repaired on our main road last year need repairing again already.mbr1955

Lets hope whoever is employed to repair the potholes do the job properly.!!!! All the potholes that were repaired on our main road last year need repairing again already.

Score: 12

Kim Gandy
5:56pm Thu 20 Mar 14

Nebs wrote…

Get small local firms to do the jobs, or employ a couple of blokes and buy them a van and let them do it. If you give the money to a big company then half of it will get swallowed up in admin and shareholders dividends.

What? Give two blokes in a Transit the money, in Basildon. Are you kidding?

[quote][p][bold]Nebs[/bold] wrote:
Get small local firms to do the jobs, or employ a couple of blokes and buy them a van and let them do it. If you give the money to a big company then half of it will get swallowed up in admin and shareholders dividends.[/p][/quote]What? Give two blokes in a Transit the money, in Basildon. Are you kidding?Kim Gandy

Nebs wrote…

Get small local firms to do the jobs, or employ a couple of blokes and buy them a van and let them do it. If you give the money to a big company then half of it will get swallowed up in admin and shareholders dividends.

What? Give two blokes in a Transit the money, in Basildon. Are you kidding?

Got a pothole? There... get reporting. Click the link and fill that hole!

Try filling a hole, she says, how amusing...

Score: 2

stevedawson
10:00pm Thu 20 Mar 14

The minor road system in the county as a whole is in need of repair not just the obvious pot holes.vote ukip.

The minor road system in the county as a whole is in need of repair not just the obvious pot holes.vote ukip.stevedawson

The minor road system in the county as a whole is in need of repair not just the obvious pot holes.vote ukip.

Score: 2

John T Pharro
4:13pm Fri 21 Mar 14

mbr1955 wrote…

Lets hope whoever is employed to repair the potholes do the job properly.!!!! All the potholes that were repaired on our main road last year need repairing again already.

That is absolutely spot on, and all because they were not repaired properly in the first place. On Canvey they just threw in Tarmac, then loose chippings and let the traffic roll them in. We had chippings inches deep in the gutters and loads finished up down the drains. ECC Highways are the worst in the country.

[quote][p][bold]mbr1955[/bold] wrote:
Lets hope whoever is employed to repair the potholes do the job properly.!!!! All the potholes that were repaired on our main road last year need repairing again already.[/p][/quote]That is absolutely spot on, and all because they were not repaired properly in the first place. On Canvey they just threw in Tarmac, then loose chippings and let the traffic roll them in. We had chippings inches deep in the gutters and loads finished up down the drains. ECC Highways are the worst in the country.John T Pharro

mbr1955 wrote…

Lets hope whoever is employed to repair the potholes do the job properly.!!!! All the potholes that were repaired on our main road last year need repairing again already.

That is absolutely spot on, and all because they were not repaired properly in the first place. On Canvey they just threw in Tarmac, then loose chippings and let the traffic roll them in. We had chippings inches deep in the gutters and loads finished up down the drains. ECC Highways are the worst in the country.

Score: 5

Howard Cháse
4:51pm Fri 21 Mar 14

It might be cheaper to lift up what's left of the road surface and join all the potholes up making that the new road surface/level in some places looking at the woeful state of a lot of roads in Basildon

It might be cheaper to lift up what's left of the road surface and join all the potholes up making that the new road surface/level in some places looking at the woeful state of a lot of roads in BasildonHoward Cháse

It might be cheaper to lift up what's left of the road surface and join all the potholes up making that the new road surface/level in some places looking at the woeful state of a lot of roads in Basildon

Score: 0

mbr1955
4:55pm Fri 21 Mar 14

Howard Cháse wrote…

It might be cheaper to lift up what's left of the road surface and join all the potholes up making that the new road surface/level in some places looking at the woeful state of a lot of roads in Basildon

Totally agree. Perhaps if they did that, the roads would be to the level of most of the drain holes and they would be another hazard gone!!!!!. Our drains lay way below the level of most roads thus making them a pot hole of a sort.

[quote][p][bold]Howard Cháse[/bold] wrote:
It might be cheaper to lift up what's left of the road surface and join all the potholes up making that the new road surface/level in some places looking at the woeful state of a lot of roads in Basildon[/p][/quote]Totally agree. Perhaps if they did that, the roads would be to the level of most of the drain holes and they would be another hazard gone!!!!!. Our drains lay way below the level of most roads thus making them a pot hole of a sort.mbr1955

Howard Cháse wrote…

It might be cheaper to lift up what's left of the road surface and join all the potholes up making that the new road surface/level in some places looking at the woeful state of a lot of roads in Basildon

Totally agree. Perhaps if they did that, the roads would be to the level of most of the drain holes and they would be another hazard gone!!!!!. Our drains lay way below the level of most roads thus making them a pot hole of a sort.

Score: 0

colcestrian
6:39pm Fri 21 Mar 14

Noticed today that they have re painted the white lines in Maldon Road, right thru the potholes ! So when they or rather if they fix them there will be nice gaps in the lines ! Or they will have to come back and do the lines again, same in Straight Road, the road is meant to be being re surfaced and yet once again they have re painted the centre line, total waste of both time and money but that's ECC for you !

Noticed today that they have re painted the white lines in Maldon Road, right thru the potholes ! So when they or rather if they fix them there will be nice gaps in the lines ! Or they will have to come back and do the lines again, same in Straight Road, the road is meant to be being re surfaced and yet once again they have re painted the centre line, total waste of both time and money but that's ECC for you !colcestrian

Noticed today that they have re painted the white lines in Maldon Road, right thru the potholes ! So when they or rather if they fix them there will be nice gaps in the lines ! Or they will have to come back and do the lines again, same in Straight Road, the road is meant to be being re surfaced and yet once again they have re painted the centre line, total waste of both time and money but that's ECC for you !

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